South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14

70 not sent out from it. If all tn
crimes that ore related as hsppenin,
within the bounds actually took place
one-half the population would bs il
) Jail, a quarter would be officers OF tb,
law. and the other quarter would b,
fugitives from justice. II ell The dis.
coveries Of mineral wealth were ltrue
it would be producing more gold thar
California. more silver than Nevada
more coal and iron than Pennsy!va-
nis, more diamonds than South Afri.
CO. AID more building stone than the
whole New England States. If all
the bears and psnthers and wildcats
and snakes do business :here that are
reported, 1t would he safer to travel
through tho juugles Of Africa than
through West Virginia forest. II
all tie strange people live there tina.
are said to, the uuseu ms Of the world
would not want for freaks in the ne 1t
hundred years"
The Gazette does not exchange
with the lNTELLIGENCER.
sx*
HE Presidents reception in Chi
cago was but repetition Of the
scenes Of confusion that attended his
arrival at Altoona. though on a lar.
ger scale. Fifty thousand people
cheered themselves hoarse as the
special pulled into tho Alton depot,
and the streets were go densely
packed that il was only with the
greatest difficulty that the police
managed TO Clear way for the Pres.
idents carriage from lhere TO The
gra md stand at tho Auditorium, where
he Was welcomed to the city by May.
or Roche. In the afternoon the
President aud Mrs. Cleveland held a
public reception a. the Pal mer House
in and about which a hundred thous-
and people had gathered to get O
chance 10 see and shake hands With
tn nations Chief Executive. The
surgiug, crowding multi ude seem, d
crazed with excitement, ard we're
enti,cly uncomfortable. With orc
frantic, bursting cheer, crashing
through tho great ro.unda, they
rushed like wild be aats at the presi-
dsnt and his wife, and in spite of the
showers OF blows rained on their do.
voted heals from the clubs of hun
dreds of police who were on hand 10
preserve order, they poured into the
building by tho thousand, appa rent
~ determined to see Grover Cleves
land or die in the attempt. Mrs.
/ Clevelan'! gave one look at the over.
whe!ming fool Of humanity that
confronted her, aud then retreated TO
an alcove 10 the right Of the main
staircase, where che IVES out Of reach
Of the mob. and where she remained
during the whole Of the reception,
laughing merriiy at the plight Of the
President. who stu-dily kept his
place among his too enthusiastic all
mirers, and shook hands, by actual
count, at the rate Of forty. seven
shakes N mute. Tue time allotted
Tor the reception, three hours, was
extended twenty minutes; but as at
the end Of that time the President
was almost exhauste |, and there
were thousands and tens Of thous
ands outside who had not been abba
TO yet into tue hotel, lie was forced
TO desist. and retired TO Isis rooms.
lie expressed himself as delighted
with the great esteem and respect
which the people Of Chicago evident.
ly eatertain for him, though not HiLh
their manner Of showing it.
The presidential party left Chicago
about 10 a. m. for Milwaukee, WIS.,
consin. where they arrived at n. m. >,
AMI wh.re The Presidents reception
was fully as hearty as at Chicago,
though less boisterous' The chair
In which he Was seated at the banquet
given in bis honor in the evening, is
an elegant and majestic presiding
chair made from q tree under whici
Washington took command of the
Continental Army, on July 5, 1875,
IN Cambridge, Mass, known as tue
Washington elm. In it Presiden s
Grant aud Hayes have been banuuet-
ed in Boston. President Cleveland
rode in the procession in earrings
IN which Daniel Webster, Silas
Wright and Martin Van Buren, have
ridden.
Friday. Saturday and Sunday the
Presld Mt and party spent in Madi-
son, the capital OF Wisconsin. as the
guests of Postmaster-GeReta Villas.
Here, as everywhere else, be was
most royalty welcomed and enter
tanned, the whole population of the
city turning out to honor the 'llus-
ttlous traveller who hal come Sd far
- see them. Tue President got
much needed rest at Madison. Sat.
urday was spent in fishing, forty
eight fine black bass grazing the
presidential string when ths party
returned home in tue evening.
AT 9 o clock Monday morning the
special steamed out Of the Madison
n